Human Zoo is a 2009 French crime drama film directed, produced, written by and starring Rie Rasmussen.
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Cast
Rie Rasmussen as Adria Shala
Nikola Đuričko as Srdjan Vasiljevic
Nick Corey as Shawn Reagan
Vojin Ćetković as Alex
Miloš Timotijević as Boris
Hiam Abbass as Mina
Saïd Amadis as Mohamed
Branislav Lečić as Commander Stojkovic
Production
The film is partially based on the experiences of Rie Rasmussen's adopted sister, a Vietmanese immigrant to Denmark. In an interview with Ain't It Cool News, Rasmussen said about the film's sex scenes, "I wanted to see it for real, and I wanted it to be from a female's point of view. Yeah, he is going down on her. It's in one take. There's no fu*king cutting in and out and making it all romantic and rosey and shit. This is one take, and that's how it is. It's clumsy, it's sexy, it's hardcore, and he is going down on her."
Reception
Leslie Felperin of Variety described the film as "an incoherent, mostly poorly acted muddle that doesn't even look very good." Quentin Tarantino spoke favorably of Human Zoo, calling it "an electrifying directorial debut."